The title of the issue is taken from a 2009 book by evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins, about the evidence for biological evolution. Dawkins also contributes to the album. Holopainen explained to HMV in March 2015: "I wrote him a letter a little over a year ago and explained what ideas we had for this album, mainly about evolution. Since one of the songs goes straight to one of his books, it felt like a perfect match to try and recite him on the album. A few weeks later, he sent me an email accepting the invitation." "Later in 2014, we recorded his parts at Hats Off Studios, Oxford. This is a huge honour for us, as Dawkins is one of our greatest heroes and his writings have been a huge inspiration for the album."
There was a different drummer in 2015. I am still not sure which version I prefer, the one in Wembley with Troy using e-bow and Richard Dawkins on stage or Tampere with the flute and the fireworks. The bagpipes are the Irish type, with bellows filled by the arm muscles instead of blowing on a valve.
The title of the issue is taken from a 2009 book by evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins, about the evidence for biological evolution. Dawkins also contributes to the album. Holopainen explained to HMV in March 2015: "I wrote him a letter a little over a year ago and explained what ideas we had for this album, mainly about evolution. Since one of the songs goes straight to one of his books, it felt like a perfect match to try and recite him on the album. A few weeks later, he sent me an email accepting the invitation."
"Later in 2014, we recorded his parts at Hats Off Studios, Oxford. This is a huge honour for us, as Dawkins is one of our greatest heroes and his writings have been a huge inspiration for the album."
There was a different drummer in 2015. I am still not sure which version I prefer, the one in Wembley with Troy using e-bow and Richard Dawkins on stage or Tampere with the flute and the fireworks. The bagpipes are the Irish type, with bellows filled by the arm muscles instead of blowing on a valve.
although i appreciate the passion of jukka's drumming, i prefer the pure skill and precission of kai :)
Tuomas is s great composer